A Wolf Story

The journey was rough, the road was long
Her withered face radiated, turned in song
Still she fought, her faith was strong
She had no power, but she knew they were wrong

She turned her face towards the breeze
She heard them shout, she didn’t dare to breathe
Opening her mind, she sent a silent message to the sky
Please, dear god, don’t let me die

Before they reached, her creaky tree
Something made them turn and flee
Climbing out to have a peak
No hero, no human did she seek 

But on the waters edge she heard a growl
A lone wolf was on the prowl
Thank you, she whispered bowing to the ground
But the wolf if it heard, gave no sound

Off it stalked, in between the winding tree
No one she told, no one would believe
Everyday she would thank the grace,
For her saviour with a different face.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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Sweetheart Avatar
August 14, 2011 at 6:02 PM
Congrats Crystal on your poem making it to first round competition in PS contest luv.. good luck..
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August 3, 2011 at 6:33 PM
Congratulations on your poetry making it through round one in the PoetrySoup International Poetry contest. I wish you the best in the final round Crystal. Love, Carol
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July 29, 2011 at 5:22 PM
Congratulaions on getting your poem featured! I really like the flow of your poem. The rhyming of your poem does not sound monotonous and I love that about your poem.
Jones Avatar
July 29, 2011 at 12:42 AM
This is lovely, Crystal, a lot of depth. Would love to read a re-write with more poignant syllables replacing words like "the", "a", "it", "to", "was", "were", etc.
Brown Avatar
July 25, 2011 at 2:11 PM
Congratulations on your poetry being featured this week Crystal. Love, Carol
Sweetheart Avatar
July 24, 2011 at 8:43 PM
Congrats Crystal on your featured poem this week on PS.. wonderful one to share with luv..
Mehta Avatar
December 28, 2010 at 9:20 AM
A wonderful piece of poem, I am one person who would like to be heard by you. You have a nature's gift and your muse seems to be quite active, Crystal
Burris Avatar
December 28, 2010 at 9:03 AM
A beautiful poem. It Inspired how majestic life and hope are. Made me feel protected by grace. Jeff
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December 28, 2010 at 8:56 AM
i really like it because for one it is left unread except for me and it was beautiful. to be unheard when you so need and want to be heard so bad is a shame. there r so many poets out there that just need to be listen to. to understand what it feels like to not be noticed for there own poems. i for one am one of those people that will listen to the ones no one else believes in. because i to am one of those people that no one hears.
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